Jenkins, the team's third-string point guard, was sent to Philadelphia, and Tyler, the team's 15th man, was shipped to Atlanta. Both players were moved along with cash considerations for future protected draft picks that are never expected to be conveyed to Golden State.

The Warriors are one of seven teams that have never incurred the luxury tax since its inception with the 1999 collective bargaining agreement. Owner Joe Lacob said he would be willing to pay the tax if necessary in the future, but thought it financially wise to avoid the penalty this season when the team stood just $1.2 million over the $70.3 million luxury tax threshold.

On top of paying the tax and not receiving a cut of the league's tax revenue from violators, the Warriors would have potentially started the clock on a steep repeat-offender penalty in the future.

Avoiding the tax also affords the Warriors the flexibility to immediately sign a player for a prorated minimum of less than $300,000 while staying under the luxury tax threshold; use a full mid-level exception ($5 million) instead of a mini mid-level ($3 million) to sign a free agent this summer; or take on added salary in an offseason trade.

"We weren't the lead story on 'SportsCenter' with these deals, but that doesn't mean we weren't extremely active," said general manager Bob Myers, who added that the team's basketball operations staff was still talking about deals at midnight Wednesday and was in the office by 5 a.m. Thursday.

In his short tenure, Lacob has made it clear that he wants to at least be a part of the conversation when it comes to trades for marquee players. But despite their success this season, the Warriors never got into material conversations about Kevin Garnett, Eric Gordon, Danny Granger, Dwight Howard or Josh Smith. They are also too tempted by the chance to see what can become of their talented young core with a healthy Andrew Bogut.

"We're confident in what we have," Myers said.

With more severe luxury-tax penalties and an increased value placed on draft picks, trade-deadline deals are becoming less commonplace. There were at least 45 players traded during trade-deadline week in both 2010 and 2011. That number was down to 27 last season and 26 this week.

Even the Warriors' giveaway deals were difficult.

It was believed that they had a transaction to pay Sacramento to take Tyler early Thursday, but without finding a partner to take Jenkins, the first trade would be meaningless. The Warriors would have still been about $750,000 over the threshold.

So, having already canvassed the other 29 teams and with the Warriors' general counsel on the phone with the NBA in the final minutes before the deadline, Myers and assistant general manager Travis Schlenk went back to the phones one more time. They found a taker for Jenkins.

Jenkins, a second-year guard who was kept last season when Jeremy Lin was let go, averaged 1.7 points and 0.6 assists in 47 games this season, and was losing minutes to undrafted rookie Kent Bazemore. Last season, Jenkins played in 51 games and averaged 8.6 points and 5.1 assists in 28 starts.

Tyler, a 21-year-old forward, was a phenom who skipped his senior year of high school to play overseas. He has been inactive nine times this season and did not play 23 times because of a coach's decision. In last season's rookie campaign, he played in 42 games and averaged 7.1 points and 5.1 rebounds in 23 starts.